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Catalan ruling coalition table independence declaration

Junts pel Si, the ruling coalition to which Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont belongs, will on Friday put to a vote of the Catalan parliament a resolution declaring Catalonia's independence. "We form the Catalan republic as an independent and sovereign state with democratic and social rights," the resolution says. The Spanish senate is expected at the same time to approve measures to suspend the region's autonomy.

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